Hazel Micallef confronts linked crimes when children’s bones are uncovered on land that once housed a county foster home now being redeveloped. As new residents face broken promises and three people are murdered, Hazel must untangle recent violence from secrets buried decades earlier.

The story alternates between past and present: a 1959 disappearance that damaged a family’s reputation resurfaces as a cold case, while corruption and community tensions fuel fresh danger. Hazel races to clear an old accusation even as the investigation puts her squarely in an angry killer’s sights.

Atmospheric and tightly plotted, the novel combines procedural investigation with psychological depth, exploring memory, justice and how small towns reckon with their past.

• Dual-timeline cold case meets contemporary murders
• Small-town Canadian setting and social tension
• Fourth novel in the Hazel Micallef detective series
• Paperback, 400 pages

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